Two well-known businessmen have been arrested and charged following a search of their establishments in Belize City. Authorities report that between six and ten last night, they conducted an operation at Brad’s Stores on Vernon Street and at the Farmers Market. The search led police to a large sum of money, firearms, ammunition and forged […]
The accident took place almost a year and a half ago, but on Thursday, seven passengers on a Tropic Air flight that crashed in the sea near San Pedro filed a lawsuit against the airline and the travel company that sold them the tickets. The suit, lodged in Houston, alleges that pilot Roy Bradley was […]
Finding a job in Belize is never easy in the best of circumstances, but at this time of year, with newly minted graduates pouring onto the job market, the situation is especially tight. That’s why the preparation being given at Youth for the Future is more valuable than ever. Patrick Jones reports. Patrick Jones, Reporting […]
The Belize District Festival of Arts is in full swing at the new Bliss…but what those in the audience may not appreciate is the amount of hard work that goes into the performance preparation. Patrick Jones visited one Belize City school and found that practice will hopefully make perfect. Patrick Jones, Reporting The sound of […]
It’s a chance for one lucky couple to have the kind of wedding that most of us only dream about. And on Sunday night viewers will find out exactly who will be walking down the aisle on June twelfth. Whoever wins, after meeting all four finalists, I am sure of one thing: true love will […]
Sixty-six year old Hilberto Aragon was gunned down on Tuesday on Mahogany Street in Belize City. Today, two men were charged with his murder. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods was on hand for the arraignment. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting This afternoon eighteen year old Francisco Petillo of Flamboyant Street and Thirty seven year old Basil Willis of […]
There is hopeful news on the long beleaguered football front…but viewers know that we’ve been down this road before. News 5’s Patrick Jones has the latest. Patrick Jones, Reporting Football players, fans, and supporters across the country may have reason to celebrate. The reason? The Football Federation of Belize and the estranged B.P.F.L. have kissed […]
We hope that the B.T.B. continues to send press releases when the tourism picture becomes less rosy…but for now that concern is not a factor as for the last seventeen consecutive months, tourist arrivals have increased over the previous year, setting new records in sixteen of those months. According to the latest release, visitors arriving […]
Corruption in the political system is one of those evils that a cynical citizenry has apparently come to expect. But in an effort to at least appear transparent in its dealings, in 1994 government passed the Prevention of Corruption in Public Life Act. The legislation basically requires most elected officials to declare their income, assets […]
Just as we look forward to La Ruta Maya in March and the Cross Country in April…May would just not be the same without Miss Y. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods looked in on rehearsals for Friday night’s mother of all pageants. Birdy Francis, Coordinator/Choreographer, Miss Y “This pageant is unique because it?s not a competition. […]
The nation of Belize paused to collect its breath today and reflect on the unprecedented and apparently unprovoked killing of three ordinary citizens in as many days. Here at News 5 we did some reflecting of our own. Janelle Chanona, Reporting 2004 began with blood on the ground…with the brutal murder of twenty-six year old […]
While violent crime seemed to have taken the day off, there was no shortage of drama in the civil section of the Supreme Court. The case of Mike Williams versus Doctor Atanascio Cob and Universal Health Services alleging gross professional negligence came to a dramatic conclusion this afternoon, when Justice Samuel Awich ruled in favour […]
A Corozal family is tonight anxiously awaiting word on a relative who has been missing for a week now in Guatemala. Fifty-seven year old Orlando Bodden was contracted to transport a truck load of raw alcohol from the Guatemalan City of Puerto Barios to Belize last week, but his family lost all contact with him […]
This afternoon, Cabinet ministers, private sector organizations, citrus, sugar, and banana industry representatives, and financial services personnel joined members of the National Trade Union Congress and senior public officers at the Central Bank for the first meeting of the National Economic Council. The group will meet every quarter to discuss economic and social issues affecting […]
The Belize Barrier Reef, a world heritage site, is perhaps the country’s best known tourist attraction. But our reef forms the core of a larger entity known internationally as the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System. With more than sixty marine protected areas included in the M.B.R.S., two dozen park rangers, who work at sites from Mexico […]
One of the traditional complaints about cruise tourism is that visitors are here such a short time that they barely have a chance to acquire even the most superficial understanding of the place they are visiting. That may be true, but today News 5’s Jacqueline Woods found a noteworthy exception. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting When most […]
Three days, three murders, one city. And it’s not Kingston, Jamaica; Medellin, Colombia; or South Central, L.A.. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has the latest. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting There were no blood stains to indicate that a major crime had just occurred but the shooting death of sixty-six year old Hilberto Aragon, a resident of Lake […]
While police look for suspects in the latest city murder, they have arrested and charged a man who seemed bent on a shooting spree…the weapon of choice, however, was a toy gun. According to police, twenty-three year old Dwayne Gentle, an employee of Belize Waste Control, has been charged with two counts of aggravated assault. […]
As fires go, this morning’s occurrence wasn’t a major conflagration…but don’t tell that to a Belize City woman who no longer has a place to call home. Patrick Jones has more. Patrick Jones, Reporting The pre-dawn blaze at number 3194 Coffin Street destroyed the one-bedroom plywood and stucco house occupied at the time by Marilyn […]
The Public Utilities Commission’s announcement of interconnection rates last Friday should have ended the ongoing dispute between B.T.L. and INTELCO. But the microphones were barely turned off when the fax machines in media houses across the country began ringing with news that INTELCO is crying foul. This morning News 5’s Patrick Jones sat down with […]
Miss Belize, Leilah Pandy, is on her way to Ecuador for the Miss Universe Pageant…but right here at home a half dozen future Miss Belizes are getting ready for a pageant of their own. Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting These six students from St. John Anglican Primary School invite you to their annual pageant […]
It’s an impressive ancient Maya site, but few Belizeans or tourists have experienced its grandeur. Today, with an access road replacing the need for a boat ride and a newly dedicated visitor’s centre, Cerros–or Cerro Maya–is ready to take its place alongside Altun Ha, Xunantunich, and Caracol. Janelle Chanona, Reporting In its heyday, the city […]
The Organisation of American States has concluded its investigation into an incident last month in which a Guatemalan was wounded by a B.D.F. patrol…and found that the Belizeans were not at fault. The report, summarized today in a release on the O.A.S. website, concluded that the April seventh shooting occurred sixteen kilometres inside of Belize […]
It’s a story we’ve had to tell too many times this year: shot at close range; rushed to the K.H.M.H.; died while undergoing treatment; police seeking suspects… Yet another victim has succumbed to gunshot injuries in Belize City, this latest incident unfolding in the Port Loyola area of Belize City around ten-thirty Sunday night. News […]
But just as the Criminal Investigation Branch continues its investigations into the Flowers murder, another homicide on the south side of Belize City was being reported. Around six this morning police officers found the body of an elderly man lying near Kut Avenue on East Collet Canal. And as Jacqueline Woods discovered, the violence has […]
